Bijapura 14 Jahan Begum Palace and Tomb Ain ul Mulk Tomb Model Of Gol Gumbaz Chota mini Gol Gumbaz

Vijayapura Jahan Begum Palace and Tomb Ain ul Mulk Tomb Model Of Gol Gumbaz Chota mini Gol Gumbaz Bijapura Karnatak tourism
Jahan Begum was the wife of Muhammad Adil Shah, the man for whom Gol Gumbaz was built. She
founded a suburb outside the congested city of Bijapur (which at that time had nine lakh
residents) in the 17th century.
The locality called Jahanama was just beyond the outer fort walls of the city. Now it is known as
Ainapur. The unfinished tomb of Jahan Begum dominates the landscape. Only the first few storeys
of the four corner towers survive now.
A few complete arches frame the raised platform on which rests the beautifully carved cenotaph of
the queen along with smaller cenotaphs. The cenotaphs are made from black granite and are open
to the sky. The actual burials are located in a vaulted chamber below and can be accessed from
the northern entrance.
Incomplete structure
There is a mosque in the same compound and is used by the villagers. The stepped wells around
the mausoleum wear a desolate look and one can only imagine the landscape that was planned.
Walking around the ruined incomplete structure, I am in awe of the queen who attempted to have
a mausoleum for herself in a time when generally only the ruling king commissioned one for
himself. Usually queens, princes and princesses were buried in the mausoleums commissioned by
the kings.
So it is interesting to note that Jahan Begum chose to have her own mausoleum. A short distance from the tomb of Jahan Begum are the ruins of her garden palace built in the midst of what was her estate. It is a single-storeyed structure with stairways leading to an open terrace.

Three spacious rooms with arched windows and jaalis still survive in the ground floor around a
verandah. The palace has an arched facade just like the Gagan Mahal in Vijayapura and Sangeet
Mahal in Navaraspur. This palace is perhaps the only surviving example of the living quarters of the
Adil Shahis. The woman who commissioned a mausoleum for herself, that too along the lines of
her husband’s magnificent one, deserves a visit in her forlorn mausoleum.

Google map locations:
Jahan Begum Tomb: https://goo.gl/maps/3R3FnWfW9fCMyLYr7
Jahan Begum Palace: https://goo.gl/maps/1PYVQ3GmDLtb3TjE9
Ain-ul-Mulk Tomb: https://goo.gl/maps/SSe6Pp8LXdba6D4r6

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